Khvalisy
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The Khvalisy were a tribe mentioned in old Russian chronicles by Nestor.
Polish historian {{ill|August Bielowski|pl}} conjectured that Khvalisy referred to the same people called "Khalyzians" by the Byzantine chroniclers.[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=343&letter=C&search=Chalyzians 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia]
Other scholars {{Who|date=November 2010}} believe that "Khvalisy" refers to Khazaran, the twin city of Atil, (the capital of the Khazar Khaganate) and that the term derives from the Khwarazmians who formed a part of the Khazar army (see Arsiyah).
See also
- Khvalynsk - a Russian town whose name may derive from the same root
References
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- Karpov, A. J.: "Genealogija chvalisov i bolgar v letopisnoj stat'e 1096 g." Archiv russkoj istorii. Vypusk 4, 1994. - 7-26
- Omeljan Pritsak, "An Arabic Text on the Trade Route of the Corporation of Ar-Rus in the Second Half of the Ninth Century," Folia Orientalia 12 (1970): 257).